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Nutritional Education

Here a few nutritional guidelines for anti-inflammation:

ELIMINATING GLUTEN

Your health challenge suggests that removal of toxins from your body is an important aspect of regaining your health and function. Exposure to toxins is a daily occurrence for every individual which happens secondary to air pollutants (such as carbon dioxide and coal smoke from generators), water pollutants ( such as arsenic and e coli) and the food we ingest. In completing the gluten elimination diet, you will take a burden off of your overburdened detoxification systems in the liver, kidneys, and colon, allowing the systems to recover and regain efficient and effective function. This allows your body to remove all toxins, which in turn assists your body in healing and reaching your goals. Your current health challenge will benefit from avoiding gluten. Gluten is a protein-carbohydrate insoluble mixture which is contained in Wheat, Barley, and Rye. This handout will assist in educating you regarding products to avoid and make suggestions for appropriate substations. Your reaction to the diet may vary, but in general, you may expect to see an increase in your energy level, a decrease in mental fogginess, and a decrease in body pain with corresponding increased functional levels. Some individuals experience an adjustment phase as the body begins the detoxification process. This phase usually last approximately one week. Symptoms may very from changes in sleep patterns, joint stiffness, gastrointestinal function and headaches or lightheadedness.
Foods containing gluten which should be avoided during your elminitation diet:
1. Wheat products 2. Barley products 3. Rye Products

The following is a listing of foods to avoid followed by foods which may be substituted while you are eliminating gluten from your diet.

Your health challenge suggests that removal of toxins from your body is an important aspect of regaining your health and function. Exposure to toxins is a daily occurrence for every individual which happens secondary to air pollutants (such as carbon dioxide and coal smoke from generators), water pollutants (such as arsenic and e. coli) and the food we ingest. In completing the processed sugar elimination diet, you will take a burden off of your over burdened detoxification systems in the liver and kidneys allowing these systems to recover and regain efficient and effective function. This allows your body to then work in detoxifying all toxins in a way which will assist your body in healing and reaching all goals that you established for yourself.

Your current health challenge will benefit from eliminating processed sugars from your diet. This handout will explain why you have been asked to eliminate processed sugar, what types of foods to avoid, and what to look for in food labels.

You have been asked to eliminate processed sugars for the following reasons:

Processed sugars bind with and dissolve B vitamins in the digestive tract causing resultant health problems in the skin, nerves, and digestive system, while at the same time causing an undesirable stress reaction.

Processed sugar requires insulin production which in turn assists in your body metabolizing and storing fat.

Medical research shows that processed sugar lowers the body’s ability to control and heal diseases such as diabetes, hypoglycemia, cancer, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Your reaction to the diet may vary, but in general, you may expect to see and increase in your energy level, a decrease in mental fogginess, and a decrease in body pain with corresponding increased functional levels. Some individuals experience an adjustment phase as the body begins the detoxification process. This phase usually lasts approximately one week. Symptoms may vary from changes in sleep patterns, joint stiffness, gastrointestinal function and headaches or lightheadedness.

Avoid the food with the following substances as ingredients:

Sugar

Brown Sugar

Sucrose

Cane sugar/syrup

Glucose

Dextrose

Fructose

Corn syrup

Corn sugar

Sucanat

Turbinado

Fruit juice concentrates

Beet sugar

Beet syrup

High-fructose corn syrup

High-maltose corn syrup

Malitol

Sorbitol

Mannitol

Isomalt

Erythritol

All alcoholic beverages

Aspartame

Nutrisweet

Saccharin

Splenda

Aspartame, Nutrisweet, Saccharin are artificial sweeteners which are used in many products such as soda, yogurts, chewing gum and desserts.

Unprocessed sugars are sugars which still have vital nutrients to include vitamins and minerals. For this reason, it is processed differently by your body in digestion. Remember that sugar addiction is valid and those foods which are sweet to taste may perpetuate you body’s desire for sugar regardless of the body’s metabolism of such items.

It is important to read the labels of food products in order to avoid sugar products. The above list does not mean that these things must be avoided in total. There are products in the categories listed below which do not contain sugar or sugar products. This list is only to assist you as you begin the label reading process, which will help you determined which foods have hidden sugars as ingredients.

Sugar to sugar substitutes are found on the labels of several types of foods including but not limited to: